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Rock Garden at Arapahoe Basin

Expert · 212 m long with 102 m of vertical, averaging 26° and 37° at its steepest, facing NW.

37°steepest 50 m
26°average pitch
212 mlength
102 mvertical
3458 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Rock Garden is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Rock Garden

Lifts that reach the top: Pallavicini Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there); Beavers (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Pallavicini Lift
  2. Ski East Avenue (expert)
  3. Ski Roller Coaster (expert)
  4. Ski West Turbo (expert)
  5. Ski Rock Garden (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Pali Main Street, Pali Wog. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pallavicini Lift (1 min).

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Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.